How big things get done (or not)

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Inger's dusty in this episode, after an epic David Lodge style
dinner party the night before, but her blood pressure is the best
her doctor has seen in years. By the time you listen to this
she'll be in Cambridge, punting or something.

Jason didn't win the annual hot cross bun off, but did invite
Inger into the WhatsApp group so she could share the fun this
year. There is also an unexpectedly long digression about
workplace exploitation, so - a normal catch up.

There was nothing in the mailbag! [28:53] (although we did
get a bunch of letters the day after we recorded this, so some of
you still love us- thank you).

In the work problems segment [30:47] we talk about the new
book from Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner called 'How big things
get done', which Inger partially distilled into a Discussion
Guide. It's an excellent book and Inger sees a lot of cross overs
between how high speed rail projects fail and the length of time
most people take to get a PhD. Enough crossovers at least to get
on her ranty high horse, like - a lot. Jason listens patiently
while she has All The Feelings about the PhD. Again.

Moving on. Jason's been reading The Upside of irrationality,
while Inger's been reading Navy SEALS romances (again)
[1:14:06].

The real surprise is left for the end of this episode: the 2
minute tips section [1:17:37] which turns into an epic,
agonised conversation about just how much of our jobs to delegate
to ChattieG and the future of the university. It's
heavy. 

You may need a drink or four, just like Inger did the night
before. 


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